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New theropod dinosaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the Kem Kem Group (Eastern Morocco) clarify spinosaurid morphology (2024)
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Hutchinson, J., Lacerda, M. B. S., Isasmendi, E., Delcourt, R., & Fernandes, M. A. (2024). New theropod dinosaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the Kem Kem Group (Eastern Morocco) clarify spinosaurid morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae109

The Kem Kem Group is a lowermost lithostratigraphic unit from the Upper Cretaceous that extends along the border between Algeria and Morocco, in the northern region of Africa. This geological unit has yielded several tetrapod fossils, including a wel... Read More about New theropod dinosaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the Kem Kem Group (Eastern Morocco) clarify spinosaurid morphology.

Footfall patterns and stride parameters of Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) on land (2024)
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Hutchinson, J., & Pringle, E. V. (2024). Footfall patterns and stride parameters of Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) on land. PeerJ, 12, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17675

Common hippopotamuses (hippos) are among the largest extant land mammals. They thus offer potential further insight into how giant body size on land influences locomotor patterns and abilities. Furthermore, as they have semi-aquatic habits and unusua... Read More about Footfall patterns and stride parameters of Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) on land.

Biomechanical modelling and simulation of musculoskeletal function related to the terrestrial locomotion of Riojasuchus tenuisceps (Archosauria: Ornithosuchidae) (2024)
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Hutchinson, J., von Baczko, M. B., Zariwala, J., Ballentine, S. E., & Desojo, J. B. (2024). Biomechanical modelling and simulation of musculoskeletal function related to the terrestrial locomotion of Riojasuchus tenuisceps (Archosauria: Ornithosuchidae). Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25528

Macroevolutionary patterns in the pelvis, stylopodium and zeugopodium of megalosauroid theropod dinosaurs and their importance for locomotor function (2023)
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Lacerda, M., Bittencourt, J., & Hutchinson, J. (2023). Macroevolutionary patterns in the pelvis, stylopodium and zeugopodium of megalosauroid theropod dinosaurs and their importance for locomotor function. Royal Society Open Science, 10(8), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230481

During the Mesozoic, non-avian theropods represented one of the most successful clades globally distributed, with a wide diversity of forms. An example is the clade Megalosauroidea, which included medium- to large-bodied forms. Here, we analyse the m... Read More about Macroevolutionary patterns in the pelvis, stylopodium and zeugopodium of megalosauroid theropod dinosaurs and their importance for locomotor function.

Correction to: Unravelling the postural diversity of mammals: Contribution of humeral cross-sections to palaeobiological inferences (Feb, 10.1007/s10914-023-09652-w, 2023) (2023)
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Gonet, J., Bardin, J., Girondot, M., Hutchinson, J., & Laurin, M. (2023). Correction to: Unravelling the postural diversity of mammals: Contribution of humeral cross-sections to palaeobiological inferences (Feb, 10.1007/s10914-023-09652-w, 2023). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30(2), 339-339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-023-09659-3

Locomotor and postural diversity among reptiles: palaeobiological implications (2023)
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Gônet, J., Bardin, J., Girondot, M., Hutchinson, J., & Laurin, M. (2023). Locomotor and postural diversity among reptiles: palaeobiological implications. Journal of Anatomy, https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13833

The conquest of land by the first tetrapod vertebrates represents a key stage in their evolution. Selection pressures exerted by this new environment on animals led to the emergence of new locomotor and postural strategies that favoured access to dif... Read More about Locomotor and postural diversity among reptiles: palaeobiological implications.

The dinosaurian femoral head experienced a morphogenetic shift from torsion to growth along the avian stem (2022)
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Hutchinson, J. (2022). The dinosaurian femoral head experienced a morphogenetic shift from torsion to growth along the avian stem. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0740

"The dinosaurian femoral head experienced a cryptic evolutionary shift in morphogenetic process." The evolution of birds-and their highly derived locomotion-from their terrestrial dinosaurian ancestors has captured scientific interest for generations... Read More about The dinosaurian femoral head experienced a morphogenetic shift from torsion to growth along the avian stem.